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SECOND READING r - ■ Tomlinson Bill Being Advanced in the ij ' ' '■' ..'. _ »r ■■ House < >TWO VOTES TAKEN -—• The Final Struggle May Come Tomorrow Some Time Indianapolis, February 10.—(Special to the Daily Democrat, 3:45)—-The Proctor-Tomlinson bill went to engrossment this afternoon with two amendments, one providing that saloons may bo established In townshlpa within four miles of cities or -towns, and the other amendment provides that anch saloons may be remonstrated oat of such townships. Indianapcflla, February 10.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—-The amend* <ed Tomlinson local option bill was handed dvwa in the house of repre* ■sentatives this morning, and advanced to second reading. The votes of three Democrats—Gottschalk, Murphy and McGinnis—who had heretofore ‘ held out against the repeal of the present law, voted for the passage of the bill, although ail three of them declare that they wUI vote against the bill <m Its final passage. The first .vote against indefinite postponement was 54 to 44, and the vote to advance It to second reading was 53 to 44. The real battle will come when the bill comes up for third reading and final passage. It is estimated that a hundred different amendments will be offered, and the opinion is expressed that when the bill gets through with the different amendments, neither its friends or enemies will recognize it The final battle in the house is expected to come in the house perhaps, not later than tomorrow. The /Dtemjocrats swho voted against the bill are Christy, Clore, Cochran, Coble, Durham, Madigan,, Maish, Merriman, Sicks and Hostetter. The Republicans who voted for the bin were Haggard, Hewlg, Kllber, Schreder and Ratliff. Indianapolis, February 10.—The , Democratic Majority Jin the houpe again delayed taking up the local option question yesterday. It was said, however, by the leaders that the fight Is certain to come up at the session this morning. Yesterday’s delay was due partly to the fact that the Proc-tor-Tondinson bill, which was ireported by the committee on public I morals yesterday forenoon, had to be printed and allowed to remain on the] desks of the members twenty-four hours before it could be taken up under the rules. Another was that it was feared the Allen county members would not vote in line. Two reports were submitted by the committee, one. the majority report, recommending the passage of the bill, and the other, signed by the Republicans, or minority members of the commitrecommending that tile bill be

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indefinitely postponed. The fight is expected to come up at 10 o’clock this morning on the question of adopting the minority report. There was seme talk yesterday that the men who are leading the fight for the passage of the Proctor-Tomlinson bill as amended by the public morals committee were considering the question of holding off the clash on the” bill until after the election Friday in Marshall county, where the Democrats hope to elect another Democrat to succeed the late William S. Sarber. The brewers are still divided on the Proctor-Tomlinson bill. Senator Stephen B. Fleming is making open war on the bill. The Republicans have lost one vote in Representative Watson, who was taken ill with appendicitis Sunday and was brought to this city and placed in a hospital. ——oLEAVtSFORMEXICO Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison Will Go to Southland STAY UNTIL JUNE I „ ■ —— !■ She Will Be at Oaxaco During Most of the Time Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison is preparing to leave on an extended tour through the southwest, her destination being Oaxaco, Mexico, where she will remain until next June, with the hope that her health will be benefitted. Accompanied by. Mrs. John Niblick and Miss Hattie Studabaker, she will leave tomorrow tor Fort Wayne,where the three will be entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vesey for the day. Mrs. Morrison will leave the summit city Friday for Maumee, 0., where she will be the guest of her niece, Hermine Welcklng, for a short time, leaving there Saturday for Leipsic, Ohio, to be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Edwards. Miss Harriett will meet Mrs. Morrison at Leipsic and they will go from there to Glendale. After remaining there for a few days Mrs. Morrison will return to Decatur, secure her baggage and leave within a few hours after her arrival for Mexico. The first important stop In the far-off country will be Mexico City, where she will make a short stay, going from there to Oaxaco to remain until June. A reunion of Decaturites will be occasioned subsequent to the arrival of Mrs. Morrison at Oaxaco. She will undoubtedly be met at the train by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hite, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wooten, Russell Harruff and several other people who formerly lived in this city. When Mrs. Morrison - reached Oaxaco last summer she was pleased to find the above mentioned waiting at the station and a most delightful time followed. The trip wlll .be greatly enjoyed. ■II !■ ■ HIM. II ■■llli ■ HORBE AND RIDER BOTH HURT Archie Beerbower Receives a Broken Cheek Bone and Other Injuries. A rather serious accident happened fest night near Geneva, when Archly Berbower was thrown from a horse and received an injury on the aide of the face that gives (indications of leaving a permanent mark. He was riding at a rather rapid gait and from some cause ran into a rig, the result being a real tearing smashup in which the horse and rider both fared badly. His cheek bone was broken, besides several other injuries, while the horse It is thought will die. The accident occurred about three miles west of REIFF IS INJURED. Manson Reiff is displaying a badly bruised head today as the result of an accident that befell him la’st night Manson had started dowmthe stairs at his home In the dark and thinking he was nearing the lower step made a grab for the wall. He fell down the remainder of the flight and for a short time it was thought that the Injuries received would result seriously. He is able to be about today, but still unable to eat as a result of the a< cident.—Bluffton Banner. ' - • . -

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CLINTON GOES DRY Every Township in the County Carried by the Temperance Forces <_■ A REMONSTRANCE An Effort to Make Part of Wayne County Dry —— ? —Frankfort, Ind. / Feb. 10.—The recomplete in the county option election held yesterday give a total majority of 2,055 for the "drys." Every township in the county was carried by the temperance forces. The total of the outside townships was 1,846 majority, and the majority in Center township, the township In which Frankfort Is situated, was 209. The temperance people are wildly elated over the result, but made no public demonstration except that the church bells were rung. The voting of the county option will not have any immediate bearing on the saloon business here, since the only saloon left In. the city closes Saturday night, all of the saloons in the county having been put out by the ward remonstrance law. However, there are several applications for licenses pending and in various degrees of progress in the courts of the county, and they will immediately be disposed of by dismissal. The election brought out a good vote, estimated at the close of the polls ut about three-fourths of the full vote. During the morning hours the wets appeared to have slightly the best of It, as there was a heavy rain, which the liberals “expected*' and the temperance forces “feared” would decrease the farmer vote, where the "drys” expected to poll their heaviest vote. However, a little aftr noon the skies cleared and the managers for the “drys” heard froin the rural sections that a heavy vote* was being polled. The temperance forces worked in a quiet way and there was no demonstration by them here as there has been In other sections of Indiana which have held , elections. z Richmond, Ind., Feb. 10.—Encour- ' aged by the fact that Jackson township went dry In the recent local optlon election and determined to make the township dry territory, the anti- ' saloon element in Cambridge City has commenced the circulation of a ‘ blanket remonstrance against the sa* loons and will present It to the county commissioners as soon as enough signatures have been secured. Cambridge City has seven saloons and East Germantown two. ——Q — BEING BOOMED FOR MAYOR. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 10. —J. B. Gordon, editor of the Evening Item, is being boomed for the Republican i nomination for mayor. led i the fight that put the present “re- ; form” administration In power and also the fight that recently left i Wayne county “wet” — r ■ I* __

DR. I. KING HERE Arbor University Man /Inspects Our High School yK — SAYS THEY ARE FINE Graduates Will Be Admitted ,|fo College Without Examination D>.l. King of the department of education of Ann Arbor university was 'ln the city this morning and visited our high school for the purpose of making an examination of the course of study and modes of Instruction that the promoters of Ann Arbor university can determine whether or not graduates from the Decatur high school will be entered in their school without submitting to an examination. The school board has been negotiating for some time to secure recognition from the great Michigan college that our school will be ranked among the very best In the state and fro minformation given out by Dr. King, it is an assured fact that no difficulty will be encountered in establishing the relationship. Dr. King made a thorough examination of our high school work and after visiting the various grades he gave out the statement that our high school was up to the standard and worthy of the recognition sought for. The school board and all interested in our schools have reason to have a sense of pride as a consequence of the compliments passed by the? noted educational man, and it is a further and more conclusive evidence that Decatur is keeping in pace with the times in all enterprises worthy of mention. Dr. King left on the afternoon train for Portland, where he will inspect { their school/: That of the Decatur high school entered at Ann Arbor university without examination is a*f»ct calling for generous J praise in favor of our instructors and able school board, for to them is due the glory or the excellent manner } in which the course of study is pursued. The pupils who are now in the primary grades will reap a benefit , immediately for they will work with ’ a vim to complete the studies of the * common grades and the high school that they may be able to enter Ann Arbor, one of the greatest educational institutions the country ever knew. o ——- SUNDAY BASE BALL BILL. 1 t I Passes In the Senate but Yet Lacks 1 c a Constitutional Majority. { - 1 J Indianapolis,' February 10.—(Special c to the Daily Democrat)—The majority t report favoring Sunday base ball i passed the senate this afternoon by a i Vote of 25 to 17. It takes 26 votes for I a constitutional majority, and this fact i leaves the fate of the bill in doubt, t ■ ■ Me wfe?/ k A- r-' '' ’ < W-. ■ '''

HE ATTEMPTED TO SUICIDE j Robert L. Carlin, of Pennville, Drank Carbolic Acid. Robert L. Carlin, one of the best known and most successful oil producers of the Indiana field, attempted suicide at his home at Pennville at six o’clock Tuesday morning by drinking a quantity of carbolic acid. Ail day he has lain In an unconscious condition and of the several physicians that are attending him not one holds the least hope for his recovery, all agreeing that he cannot possibly live throughout the night There is no doubt that his act was due to insanity, as he has been regarded as becoming mentally deranged for several weeks and suffered continually from pains' in his head. —Portland Sun. SIGNED THE BONDS Commissioners Held a Session Most of the Day NAMED INSPECTORS Commissioners Getting Ready for the Option Election The board of commissioners met today and spent the most of the morning In signing bonds for six macadam roads, the bonds having come in last night, and are for the William Gallmeyer, W. A. Tieman, W. A. Bowman, E. H. Faust, Preble and Kirkland, and the Henry Wafei roads. Martin Laughljn was not present at the board meeting, and It was necessary for Sheriff Meyer to make a trip to his home in Jefferson township to get his signature to the bonds. The board also named inspectors for the local option election, which is now scheduled to come off on the 23rd. The inspectors named are as follows: East Union—Frank Mclntosh. West Union—J. A. Fleming East Root—George Case. West Root —C. E. Magley. North Preble—Daniel Hoffman. South Preble—William Jaebker. North Kirkland—William Adler. East Washington —Conrad Gillig. West Washington—Ben Eiting. North St Marys—Elzey Jackson. South St. Marys —O. J. Suman. North Blue Creek —F. C. Wechter. South Blue Creek—James Foreman. North Monroe —Marion Oliver. Middle Monroe —C. C. Beer. French—John Mosure. South Hartford —Samuel C. Stahl. North Wabash—Samuel Soldner. Ceylon—Samuel Biteman. East Jefferson —J. J. Tester. West Jefferson —J. T. Kelley. Berne A—Phil Schug. Berne B—J. D .Winteregg. Geneva A —W. A. Thornhill. Geneva B —W. W. Briggs. Decatur, Ist ward A —Dallas Butler. Decatur, Ist ward B—George Patterson. Decatar, 2nd ward A—Charlie Voglewede. Decatur, 2nd ward B—Samuel Butler. Decatur, 3d ward A—J. F. Snow. Decatur, 3d wark B—Joseph McFarland. The selection of the boards was taken up this afternoon and completed without trouble. Both the drys and the wets handed in names whom they wished to serve, and these men were appointed. o— Washington, February 10.—Congressman Adair, to Indiana, has an invitation to dine with royalty. Prince Kalanianoale the Hawaiian delegate in congress, and Princess Kalanianoale desire the presence of Mr. Adair at a dinner which they are to give, this weke in honor of former Queen Lilluokalani of Hawaaii. It is not often that a Hoosier has an opportunity to dine with a queen, or a former queen, but as yet Mr. Adair has not sent an acceptance. He is a member of the committee on claim* before which Queen Lil’s claim for >250,000 against the United States la pending. ...

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IBANK GUARANTY II. Many Western States Making Guaranty Laws THE INAUGURAL Call for Bank Statements— Other News from Washington Washington, February 10.—The demaud for the guaranty of bank deposits show no indication of waning. Bills for state guaranty laws are now pending in nearly every legislature west of Pennsylvania. Federal offlcials, especially those who have to do with the administration of the national banking laws, are led to believe that in several states guaranty laws will be enacted within the next few weeks. The general expectation in the office of the controller of the currency is that eventually some sort of guaranty for deposits will be provided in nearly every western state, and possibly in several states east of the Mississippi river. “The people want their deposits guaranteed,” said a federal official connected with the United States treasury department, “and when they make up their minds they want a thing they are very likely to keep after it until they get it.” Washington, Feb. 10. —“On the Banks of the Wabash*’ can be played by no other band in the Taft inaugural parade except an Indiana band. It is not known yet whether or not there will be an Indiana band in the 1 parade, but if there is none, the familiar strains of this grand old Hoosier song will not be heard. Washington, Feb. 10.—The controllei of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of na--1 tional banks at the close of business ou Friday, February 5. Washington, Feb. 10. —Senator Hemeqway will present to the senate tomorrow a report that will re-open the secret service controversy between congress and the president and give rise to a torrent of discussion. —Q A RULING ON OPTION LAW Judge Tillett, of Peru,' Dissolves a Temporary Restraining Order. Peru, Ind., February 9. —Judge Joseph Tillett, of the Miami circut court, this morning, in a decision on a temporary restraining order, preventing the county commissioners from ordering a local option t election, held the county option law constitutional, and dissolved the restraining order. Re-? ferring to the ordering of an election before the county council had made an appropriation, the court held that such action would be legal. It was argued by attorneys for the plaintiffs that because the petition had been filed first in fourteen separate parts and later in one volume that •there had been two filings and the second one was merely adding names to the first petition. This morning the court held that the filing was legal inasmuch as both actions had been taken on the same day. The plaintiffs in the case have filed bonds and' will appeal the case to the supreme court within thirty days. ' o GOOD MEETINGS BEING HELD Protracted Meetings Being Heid at the Methodist Church. The protracted services at the Methodist church is already creating an urusual amount of interest and the attendance last evening was large. Dr. Wilcox delivered a strong sermon and as the en dos the conference year draws nearer to a close his congregation are even more loath to lose him as their pastor, and regret to see him leave the ministry, to which he is so well fitted and Arhere his eloquence and sincerity will enable him to do so much good. He expects to leave the North Indiana conference at the end of this year’s work.

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